New York World's Fair (Part 6) (silent)

Description: Amateur film of the New York World's Fair (1939-40). Reel 6.

From intertite at head: "This reel is not of exhibits or buildings but of some of the contributing interests grouped together. These consist of the Fair's Statues, Murals, flags and flowers and, more interesting to some, its human side; how the visitors eat, act, take pictures, parade and even sleep. At the end, the visit of the King and Queen will be shown"

LEGACY SHOT LOG: 

"World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40; Amateur films. Detailed documentation of the "World of Tomorrow" in Kodachrome. Official film of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's 1939 visit. Car traffic on highway leading to fairgrounds. VS montage car license plates from different states. People walking from subway to Fair entrance. Bus POV passing Kodak building. SLO MO bus window view of people walking on grounds, over promenade. Parades & marching bands. Parade outside Washington state building. Man in Native American headdress on horseback. Concert at base of monument. Electrical workers' union truck promoting 30 hour work week. Costumed people on parade. Band performing by Federal Building, Court of States with international flags. Uniformed marching bands with majorettes, drummers, flag bearers. Band playing outside of building. Title: Cameras on Parade. Good VS visitors taking & posing for pictures at the Fair- families, couples etc. Photographers with tripods, taking light readings. Women posing by Lagoon of Nations. Family posing by Marconi tribute plaque & water fountain. Woman & young girl posing in tour cart. People posing by ponds. Young boy using camera. Murals at Fair pavilions by artists Eugene Savage, Seymour Fogel, Hugo Gellert, others. Electrical Products Building- mural by Martha Axley. PAN up from field of wild flowers to chemistry mural at Dupont pavilion. Sculptures & statues at Fair. Walt Whitman poem "Song of The Open Road" on plaque & statue. International pavilions & sculptures. French. Possibly South Pacific (Indonesian?) stonework between Trylon & Perisphere. Court of States. Statues outside Aviation building. Russian statues with Communist flag. Lagoon of Nations. VS statues & flowers. Surrealist figures at Bowling Green. VS International flags & banners waving in wind. View of American & World's Fair flags flying in front of Administration Building. Italian pavilion. Title introducing "the great American public."

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Subjects: 1930s,1940s,Fairs and festivals,Parades and processions,Architecture,Performances,Food,Technology

Tags: cars driving towards fairgrounds; license plates from various states; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers truck with message of 6 hour work day; 30 hour work weeks; marching bands; parade spectators using cameras; Academy of Sport exhibit; statues; murals; The First White Mother in America (Ásmundur Sveinsson) statue; Bowling Green; surrealism; banners; flags; people eating; various images of fair visitors; people watching; nuns; 40s fashion; 30s fashion; African American people; Black people; ponchos; rain; tulips; flowers; landscaping; dancing; performances; bagpiping; traditional clothing; folk costumes; women doing archery; Baseball School Conducted By Detroit Tigers sign; crowds; audiences; musicians; live music; pianos; trombones; fiddles; walking cane stands; walking cane vendors; souvenir booths; souvenirs; Arizona Day; cowboy hats; western wear; lassoing; food vendors; fair visitors eating; drinking; Coca-Cola bottles; Schlitz Palm Garden cafe; Bastille Day ceremonies; light and water shows; fountains; Queen Elizabeth and King George VI visit; fair patrons; 1940s fashions; close up on parade of sparkly costujmes; posing for camera; people with cameras taking photos; loading film into camera; people filming; windy; waving at camera; amateur photographers

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Philip Medicus

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1939; 1940

Release Date:

Geographical Location: USA; New York City, New York; Queens, New York City; New York

Genre/Form: amateur

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 1706